A Home Near Hyde Park

Owner and designer Richard Collins says he was attracted to the penthouse apartment because of the potential "to open up the roof space and create rooms with extraordinary volumes and one of the best views in London." He reduced the number of bedrooms from three to two to give a "wonderful sense of space."
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The apartment is in "a grand, early 19th-century Victorian building overlooking Hyde Park," Mr. Collins says. "Planning permission was granted for the creation of this penthouse with floor-to-ceiling windows way back in 1963."
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Walls in the living room and hallway are lined built-in bookshelves. Mr. Collins, who has developed properties in Chelsea, says he worked with some of Europe's best craftsmen to created the apartment's finishes. "This sense of creating a space that has a soul to it," he says, is what "makes a place home with its quirkiness and bespoke elements."
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The bespoke Bulthaup kitchen is fitted with Gaggenau appliances.
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The master bedroom has its own dressing room as well as a private terrace. "The location north of Hyde Park provides south-facing views over all of Hyde Park," says Mr. Collins. "The sun rises over the City in the East and sets over Kensington Palace in the West."
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The over-2,100-square-foot apartment has two bathrooms.
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The penthouse is listed with Savills, Knight Frank and Russell Simpson for £10 million ($17 million).
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